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Water hoses lead to Goliath 3 outside of Greeley. The tanks get their name from their huge size as each holds about 1.7 million gallons of water used for oil and gas operations around Weld County. Many oil and gas companies have resorted to storing water on site rather than piping or hauling water in.

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com
Kent Ritchie, High Sierra Water Services, explains in the methods used to remove the solid waste that is found in the water that the High Sierra Water Services facility recycles. Due to the high demand for water in the oil and gas operations many companies have looked into alternate methods of obtaining the water including, recycling water from previous operations.